United States Army Ordnance Corps

Branch Handbook

Table of Contents

Branch Overview..………………….……………….…2-3 Area of Concentration 91A………….………………….4 Area of Concentration 89E……...…….………………..5 Career Timeline……………………....…..…………...6- 7 Training Path………………………..…….………………8 Ordnance Talent Demands……………………………..9 Assignment Locations (89E)……..……..………..10-11

Ordnance Corps Mission

The Ordnance Corps mission is complex and multi-faceted, providing munitions, maintenance, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) support to generate and maintain combat power and to provide protection to Army, joint, intergovern-mental, interagency and multinational forces. This support begins at the very inception of operations and continues, un-abated, until operations are complete.

4 Core Competencies

Maintenance– Generates/regenerates combat power and preserves the capital investment in weapons systems and equipment; directly provides equipment serviceability and operational readiness to commanders

Munitions– Provides the correct type and quantity of mu-nitions from the industrial base to the tactical point of need, directly providing the lethality to combat operations

Explosive Ordnance Disposal– Provides integrated pro-tection and support to forces, civil authorities and critical in-frastructure, facilitating decisive operations and providing operational commanders freedom of action

Explosives Safety– Ensures disciplined application of ex-plosive safety procedures and adherence to explosive safety rules

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The Ordnance Corps The Ordnance Corps has a proud tradition dating back to colonial America when Samuel Sharpe was appointed as Master Gunner of Ordnance in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629. For the next four hundred years, the Ordnance Corps served a pivotal role in the American Army: building the weapons for the

Union Army in the Civil War; establishing forward maintenance as a key tenet during WWI; and organizing the first Bomb Disposal Units in WWII. Through Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, up to its current operations, the Ordnance Corps continues to uphold their legacy as the providers of combat readi-

ness through maintenance, ammunition, explosive ordnance dis-posal and explosives safety to combat commanders.

"Service to the

Line, on the line, on time!"

Quick Facts The Army’s third largest branch OD Soldiers assigned to almost every Army unit Provides a unique background in logistics

(ammunition and maintenance) Assignments to almost every post worldwide

Area of Concentration 91A Materiel Maintenance & Munitions

91A Ordnance Lieutenants can expect to be a platoon leader in a variety of units including forward support, maintenance, and ammuni-tion companies. Platoon leaders plan and execute force sustainment logistics operations and supervise the technical and tactical training of Soldiers to ensure their effectiveness on the battlefield or in the shop. Lieutenants monitor and direct the day-to-day functions of combat sys-tems repair and ammunition operations, Platoons are generally large; having 60-80 Soldiers is not uncommon in maintenance and ammuni-tion companies. Also, Ordnance platoon leaders are often responsible for millions of dollars of equipment and supplies.

Senior lieutenants serve as control officers in ammunition or mainte-nance companies, responsible for ensuring the company executes its as-signed maintenance or ammunition mission. Workload prioritization, pro-duction management and quality assurance are skills that ordnance officers develop in these positions as they become experts using logistics management information systems as tools to assist them in these critical tasks. Assignments to battalion or brigade staff or as a company executive officer round out an Ordnance Lieutenant’s time.

Materiel Maintenance Management

Officers serving in these assignments lead Soldiers with mechanical skills to ensure vehicles, communication equipment, ground support equip-ment, and weapons systems are repaired and returned to the fight. The Ordnance “Pit Crew” team has 30 enlisted MOSs and 9 Warrant Officer Specialties to repair Army equipment.

Munitions Management Officers serving in these positions manage the Army’s conventional am-munition inventory. They are experts in the ammunition functions of stor-age, transportation, surveillance, quality assurance, maintenance, safety, and the operational and strategic management information (supply, com-mand, and control) systems used to manage and report munitions func-tions. The Ordnance Corps has 2 enlisted MOSs and 1 Warrant Officer Specialty to manage munitions.

All OD Officers merge into the Logistics Corps (AOC 90A) upon

graduation from the Logistics Captain’s Career Course (LOG-C3)

or Explosive Ordnance Disposal Captain’s Career Course

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Area of Concentration 89E Explosive Ordnance Disposal

EOD Officers are Ordnance Officers trained in the identification, render-safe, and disposal of hazardous unexploded conventional, chemical, nu-clear, and improvised explosive devices. EOD also performs forensics; and exploitation, as well as support to the United States Secret Service and the Department of State as part of VIP protection details for the Presi-dent of the United States, the Vice President, and dignitaries from foreign countries.

Additionally, EOD provides support to civil authorities for military muni-tions, improvised explosive devices, weapons of mass destruction and transportation accidents.

You’ll be part of a dynamic team, known as the “Army Bomb Squad.” You’ll be in a tight-knit unit with Soldiers of the highest mental, moral, and technical abilities who are inventive and self reliant under even the most adverse conditions.

Special Requirements

Must have a physical profile serial code (PULHES) of 111111 or 111121

Must have normal color vision

Must be eligible for a Top Secret clearance

Must volunteer for the EOD Program

Must successfully complete the interview process prior to branching process

Must possess a valid state drivers license

Application Process

Receive an EOD Briefing

Conduct EOD Interview

Initiate Security Clearance Check

Selection of most qualified volunteers occurs during accessions

EOD officers incur a 3-year Active Duty Service Obligation (ADSO) served concurrently

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LT: 0-4 Yrs CPT: 4-11 YRS MAJ: 11-17 YRS LTC: 17-22 YRS COL: 22+ YRS

Additional Training Opportunities: Ranger, Airborne, Air Assault, Pathfinder, Technical Escort (EOD), Artificial Intelligence (EOD),

Asymmetrical Warfare Operations Support (EOD), Multinational Logistics, Red Team, Training with Industry, and Advanced Civilian

Schooling Options

Ordnance Lieutenants attend the

16 week Ordnance Basic Officer

Leadership Course (BOLC) at Fort

Lee, Virginia. Lieutenants

execute Ordnance competencies

such as field maintenance,

ammunition supply and

management, and workload

prioritization using automated

management systems. EOD

Lieutenants will follow on to EOD

Phase 1 training at Fort Lee and

Phase 2 and the EOD Platoon

Leaders Course at Eglin Air Force

Base in Florida.

Ordnance Captains attend the 20

week Logistics Captains Career

Course (LC3) or the EOD

Captains Career Course at Fort

Lee, Virginia, after which they

become Logistics Branch

Officers. Captains are prepared

to serve as company

commanders and staff officers

enabling Unified Land

Operations. EOD Officers are

prepared to serve in both EOD

and Logistics command and staff

positions. Following command,

Captains serve in developmental

and broadening assignments.

Ordnance Logistics Majors attend

11 months of Intermediate Level

Education (ILE) at Fort

Leavenworth, Kansas or at other

sister service schools, or in

fellowships. Majors serve in key

staff positons preparing them for

Battalion Command. Field grade

officers are able to plan and

execute sustainment and

multifunctional logistics operations

at the operational and strategic

level as well as working with JIM

partners. EOD Officers can also attend Air Force ILE earning a minor in Nuclear Deterrence Studies.

Ordnance Lieutenant Colonels

seek Battalion Command

following which they may attend

the Army War College (AWC) or

at other sister service schools,

or in fellowships. Colonels

assume strategic command and

staff responsibilities in the

national strategic environment-

either directly or as advisors to

the senior leadership of the

Armed Forces, the Department

of Defense, other governmental

agencies, or in foreign

militaries. The developmental

goal is strategic leadership and

national security.

90A91 Maintenance and Munitions Management Officer Developmental Assignments

89E Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer Developmental Assignments

- Platoon Leader

- Maintenance Control

Officer

- Ammunition Officer

- Company XO

- SF Group Spt CO XO

- BN Staff

- Aide de Camp

- CO Commander

- Maintenance

Management Officer

- Materiel Management

Officer

- Ammo Officer

- BN/BDEStaff Officer

- Instructor/Writer

- Aide de Camp

- Battalion XO

- SPT OPS Officer

- BDE Staff

- CTC Observer

- Instructor Writer

- Developer

- BN Commander

- Depot CDR

- Division G-4

- Ammo Plant CDR

- Instructor Writer

- Proponency Officer

- Branch Chief

- EOD Platoon Leader

- EOD Company

Operations Officer

-Aide De Camp

- EOD CO Commander

- EOD BN Ops Officer

- EOD Plans Officer

- SF GP EOD Officer

- Instructor/Writer

- CTC O/C- Capabiilty Developer

- EOD BN XO

- EOD Staff Officer

- EOD Ops Officer

- CBRNE/ Army Staff

- Instructor Writer

- CTC Observer

- EOD BN CDR

- EOD Staff Officer

- EOD Group Deputy

Commander

- Army Staff

- Capability Developer

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LT: 0-4 Yrs CPT: 4-11 YRS MAJ: 11-17 YRS LTC: 17-22 YRS COL: 22+ YRS

Additional Training Opportunities: Ranger, Airborne, Air Assault, Pathfinder, Technical Escort (EOD), Artificial Intelligence (EOD),

Asymmetrical Warfare Operations Support (EOD), Multinational Logistics, Red Team, Training with Industry, and Advanced Civilian

Schooling Options

Ordnance Lieutenants attend the

16 week Ordnance Basic Officer

Leadership Course (BOLC) at Fort

Lee, Virginia. Lieutenants

execute Ordnance competencies

such as field maintenance,

ammunition supply and

management, and workload

prioritization using automated

management systems. EOD

Lieutenants will follow on to EOD

Phase 1 training at Fort Lee and

Phase 2 and the EOD Platoon

Leaders Course at Eglin Air Force

Base in Florida.

Ordnance Captains attend the 20

week Logistics Captains Career

Course (LC3) or the EOD

Captains Career Course at Fort

Lee, Virginia, after which they

become Logistics Branch

Officers. Captains are prepared

to serve as company

commanders and staff officers

enabling Unified Land

Operations. EOD Officers are

prepared to serve in both EOD

and Logistics command and staff

positions. Following command,

Captains serve in developmental

and broadening assignments.

Ordnance Logistics Majors attend

11 months of Intermediate Level

Education (ILE) at Fort

Leavenworth, Kansas or at other

sister service schools, or in

fellowships. Majors serve in key

staff positons preparing them for

Battalion Command. Field grade

officers are able to plan and

execute sustainment and

multifunctional logistics operations

at the operational and strategic

level as well as working with JIM

partners. EOD Officers can also attend Air Force ILE earning a minor in Nuclear Deterrence Studies.

Ordnance Lieutenant Colonels

seek Battalion Command

following which they may attend

the Army War College (AWC) or

at other sister service schools,

or in fellowships. Colonels

assume strategic command and

staff responsibilities in the

national strategic environment-

either directly or as advisors to

the senior leadership of the

Armed Forces, the Department

of Defense, other governmental

agencies, or in foreign

militaries. The developmental

goal is strategic leadership and

national security.

90A91 Maintenance and Munitions Management Officer Developmental Assignments

89E Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer Developmental Assignments

- Platoon Leader

- Maintenance Control

Officer

- Ammunition Officer

- Company XO

- SF Group Spt CO XO

- BN Staff

- Aide de Camp

- CO Commander

- Maintenance

Management Officer

- Materiel Management

Officer

- Ammo Officer

- BN/BDEStaff Officer

- Instructor/Writer

- Aide de Camp

- Battalion XO

- SPT OPS Officer

- BDE Staff

- CTC Observer

- Instructor Writer

- Developer

- BN Commander

- Depot CDR

- Division G-4

- Ammo Plant CDR

- Instructor Writer

- Proponency Officer

- Branch Chief

- EOD Platoon Leader

- EOD Company

Operations Officer

-Aide De Camp

- EOD CO Commander

- EOD BN Ops Officer

- EOD Plans Officer

- SF GP EOD Officer

- Instructor/Writer

- CTC O/C- Capabiilty Developer

- EOD BN XO

- EOD Staff Officer

- EOD Ops Officer

- CBRNE/ Army Staff

- Instructor Writer

- CTC Observer

- EOD BN CDR

- EOD Staff Officer

- EOD Group Deputy

Commander

- Army Staff

- Capability Developer

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Source of Commission (USMA, ROTC, OCS)

Ordnance Basic Officer Leadership Course (BOLC)

Fort Lee, VA—16 Weeks AOC 91A Awarded

Explosive Ordnance Disposal School (Phase I)

Fort Lee, VA - 7 Weeks

AOC 91A

Explosive Ordnance Disposal School (Phase II)

Eglin AFB, FL - 28 Weeks AOC 89E Awarded

AOC 89E

Ordnance Lieutenants Training Path

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Ordnance Talent Demands

Active Component EOD Locations

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ARNG EOD Locations

For more Information on how to become an Ordnance or EOD Officer contact:

Ordnance Company Grade Personnel Development Officer

(AOC 89/91) usarmy.lee.tradoc.mbx.leeeaoc-89-91-officer-

career-manager@mail.mil Phone (804) 765-7277/7372

GO ORDNANCE!

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